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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 11 - Motion in straight line
  • JEE Mains 2023
  • Medium
  • MCQ

A car travels a distance of \(x\) with speed \(v_1\) and then same distance \(x\) with speed \(v_2\) in the same direction. The average speed of the car is

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(D) \(\frac{2 v _1 v _2}{ v _1+ v _2}\)

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\(\text { Average velocity }=\frac{\text { Total displacement }}{\text { Total time }}\)

\(=\frac{ x + x }{\frac{ x }{ v _1}+\frac{ x }{ v _2}}=\frac{2 v _1 v _2}{ v _1+ v _2}\)

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